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Kings vs. Coyotes May 20, 2012

LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 20: Fans hold signs as the Los Angeles Kings warm up prior to the game against the Phoenix Coyotes in Game Four of the Western Conference Finals during the 2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Staples Center on May 20, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NHLI via Getty Images)

He's only 17 but he can see the ice so well and he moves the puck and goes to the open ice all the time, so I just think he's a player that is ready to play in the NHL. I'm really looking forward to coaching someone like this.

— U.S. National Junior Team coach Ron Wilson on Auston Matthews, the projected No. 1 pick of the 2016 NHL Draft